Scientific Collaboration

Grotta Gigante can boast important collaborations with internationally significant bodies of scientific research that conduct valuable research inside the great cavern and its external surroundings.

Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (INOGS)

– Seismometer station
– Laser scan surveying
– Th.O.M.A.S project

University of Trieste

– Geodetic Pendula (Department of Mathematics and Geosciences)
– Measurement station for calcareous dissolution processes (Department of Mathematics and Geosciences)
– Monitoring of stalagmite growth speed (Department of Mathematics and Geosciences)
– Monitoring of “lamp flora” (Department of Life Sciences)
– Monitoring of particulate matter (pollen and inquinates) (Department of Life Sciences)